Garment-stay.



W. J. ROCHE.

GARMENT STAY.

APPLICATION men xumzzz, 1914.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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WILLIAM J'. ROCHE, 0F MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPIRELLA COMPANY, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. ROCHE, a resident of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Stays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire garment stays and more particularly to corset stays.

The object of the invention is to provide a flexible wire garment stay which yields readily in all directions, in which the bending strains are distributed over a considerable length of wire so as to avoid crystallization and deterioration of the metal and prevent the stay from taking a permanent set, and particularly a stay which is reinforced along its center line, so as to stiffen it against bending strains and increase its resiliency.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a face view of one form of stay embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33, Fig. l; and Figs. 4c and 5 are face views of modified forms of the invention.

The stay shown in the drawings is formed of wire, a single continuous wire 1 being shown, which is bent back and forth in sinuous form to form a series of oppositely disposed loops or eyes 2 lying along the which are connected by ings 3 extending from edge to edge of the stay. The loops or eyes may be of any suitable shape and may be either open or closed. In the stay shown in Fig. l, the loops or eyes 2 along one edge of the stay are open loops while those marked 2 at the other edge of the stay are closed.

To reinforce the stay and stiflen it against bending strains, particularly in the fiatwise direction, part of the crossings are deflected from their normal straight course from edge to edge of the stay. As shown, half of the crossings, indicated at 3, are substantially straight, while the other half, inclicated at 3 are deflected intermediate the edges of the stay toward one end thereof which forms a series of loops or convolutions lying along the middle line of the stay. 7 Any number of the crossings may be deflected in ,Gopies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each,;by addressing the the manner described, but as shown every alternate crossing is deflected to form a loop or eye 3 which overlaps the next adjacent crossing 3 and thereby mutually braces the several crossings upon each other and stiffens the stay against flatwise bending stresses. The small loops or convolutions also increase the total amount of wire in the stay and strengthen the bent crossing portions. They may be open loops, as in Fig. 1, or may be full or complete convolutions, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The crossings may also be either normal or inclined to the length of the stay, as will be readily understood.

What I claim is:

1. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form two series of loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay and connecting transverse portions or crossings, part of the transverse portions or crossings being deflected in the plane of the stay out of a straight line and then. back again, all of said deflected crossings extending toward the same end thereof and each overlapping the next crossings, the remaining transverse portions being substantially straight from edge to edge of the stay.

garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form two series of loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay, and transverse intermediate portions or crossings, every alternate crossing portion of the wire being deflected intermediate its ends out of a straight line and then back again and overlapping the next adjacent transverse portion or crossing.

3. A garment stay, comprising wire bent back and forth to form two series of loops or eyes lying along the edges of the stay and transverse connecting portions or crossings, every alternate intermediate portion or crossing being deflected intermediate its ends in the plane of the stay out of a straight line and then back again and overlapping the next adjacent crossing, the deflected crossings all extending toward the same end of the stay.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set m hand. i y WVILLIAM J. ROCHE.

itnesses:

T. F. CHARLTON, ADELAIDE ROCHIE.

.Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1L0. 

